Table 3u. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Unadjusted Units by Metropolitan Area September 1999 Year-to-Date Num of Struc- tures With 3 and 4 5 Units 5 Units Total 1 Unit 2 Units Units or More or More Abilene* TX MSA 142 138 4 0 0 0 Albany* GA MSA 496 472 20 4 0 0 Albany-Schenectady-Troy* NY MSA 1794 1349 14 33 398 33 Albuquerque* NM MSA 4124 3966 4 94 60 3 Alexandria* LA MSA 319 319 0 0 0 0 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton* PA MSA 1778 1432 12 63 271 17 Altoona* PA MSA 60 58 2 0 0 0 Amarillo* TX MSA 592 422 4 0 166 2 Anchorage* AK MSA 1145 688 108 56 293 28 Anniston* AL MSA 225 135 0 32 58 9 Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah* WI MSA 1646 1034 132 32 448 48 Asheville* NC MSA 1059 875 70 36 78 12 Athens* GA MSA 1266 666 70 7 523 33 Atlanta GA MSA 44740 37197 256 340 6947 301 Augusta-Aiken* GA-SC MSA 2375 1902 0 0 473 53 Austin-San Marcos* TX MSA 11911 6665 182 72 4992 346 Bakersfield* CA MSA 2215 2111 0 67 37 3 Bangor* ME MSA 121 119 2 0 0 0 Barnstable-Yarmouth* MA MSA 1031 973 20 15 23 3 Baton Rouge* LA MSA 1683 1275 2 0 406 29 Beaumont-Port Arthur* TX MSA 446 440 0 0 6 1 Bellingham* WA MSA 1093 793 40 42 218 20 Benton Harbor* MI MSA 92 50 0 0 42 4 Billings* MT MSA 498 308 10 16 164 4 Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula* MS MSA 2001 1763 46 8 184 23 Binghamton* NY MSA 114 72 0 0 42 1 Birmingham* AL MSA 4370 3648 0 12 710 41 Bismarck* ND MSA 455 318 26 19 92 7 Bloomington* IN MSA 756 436 42 68 210 20 Bloomington-Normal* IL MSA 1017 657 30 40 290 19 Boise City* ID MSA 4742 4176 50 62 454 24 Boston-Worcester-Lawrence MA- 13446 11134 480 283 1549 111 Boston MA-NH PMSA 6138 4510 322 178 1128 74 Brockton MA PMSA 578 573 2 3 0 0 Fitchburg-Leominster MA PMS 350 343 2 0 5 1 Lawrence MA-NH PMSA 1198 1058 34 53 53 4 Lowell MA-NH PMSA 834 605 0 12 217 12 Manchester NH PMSA 784 704 48 15 17 3 Nashua NH PMSA 648 595 4 8 41 5 New Bedford MA PMSA 361 347 14 0 0 0 Portsmouth-Rochester NH-ME 965 917 16 3 29 2 Worcester MA-CT PMSA 1590 1482 38 11 59 10 Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito* TX MSA 1773 1363 42 243 125 16 Bryan-College Station* TX MSA 1052 594 142 0 316 24 Buffalo-Niagara Falls* NY MSA 1612 1220 4 0 388 33 Burlington* VT MSA 777 560 12 19 186 14 Canton-Massillon* OH MSA 868 825 24 3 16 3 Casper* WY MSA 232 79 2 0 151 10 Cedar Rapids* IA MSA 1153 584 88 116 365 36 Champaign-Urbana* IL MSA 613 276 6 7 324 23 Charleston-North Charleston* SC MSA 3974 3362 52 23 537 31 Charleston* WV MSA 296 269 0 0 27 4 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill 19756 14113 134 113 5396 369 Charlottesville* VA MSA 1016 884 62 6 64 7 Chattanooga* TN-GA MSA 1843 1614 24 31 174 20 Cheyenne* WY MSA 291 248 2 4 37 5 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha IL-IN-WI 32709 24302 590 1124 6693 469 Chicago IL PMSA 29105 21528 414 1045 6118 422 Gary IN PMSA 2589 2019 136 55 379 37 Kankakee IL PMSA 290 258 12 20 0 0 Kenosha WI PMSA 725 497 28 4 196 10 Chico-Paradise* CA MSA 821 812 0 3 6 1 Cincinnati-Hamilton OH-KY-IN 12055 8768 144 210 2933 291 Cincinnati OH-KY-IN PMSA 9289 6991 102 152 2044 212 Hamilton-Middletown OH PMSA 2766 1777 42 58 889 79 Clarksville-Hopkinsville* TN-KY MSA 1324 1056 8 34 226 11 Cleveland-Akron OH CMSA 9237 7977 230 178 852 56 Akron OH PMSA 2955 2535 66 57 297 23 Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria OH 6282 5442 164 121 555 33 Colorado Springs* CO MSA 4041 3433 14 56 538 10 Columbia* MO MSA 949 779 82 14 74 12 Columbia* SC MSA 4632 3042 70 4 1516 95 Columbus* GA-AL MSA 1104 832 14 51 207 24 Columbus OH MSA 11123 7355 82 500 3186 332 Corpus Christi* TX MSA 691 498 12 94 87 16 Cumberland* MD-WV MSA 127 127 0 0 0 0 Dallas-Fort Worth TX CMSA 38788 26182 126 106 12374 676 Dallas TX PMSA 29009 18364 34 96 10515 560 Fort Worth-Arlington TX PMS 9779 7818 92 10 1859 116 Danville* VA MSA 244 241 0 3 0 0 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island* IA-IL MSA 561 492 8 13 48 4 Dayton-Springfield* OH MSA 1803 1496 16 215 76 7 Daytona Beach* FL MSA 4158 3533 10 13 602 18 Decatur* Al MSA 305 245 4 16 40 8 Decatur* IL MSA 104 92 12 0 0 0 Denver-Boulder-Greeley CO CMS 22450 17196 530 393 4331 270 Boulder-Longmont CO PMSA 2262 1807 14 63 378 34 Denver CO PMSA 17522 12848 490 305 3879 226 Greeley CO PMSA 2666 2541 26 25 74 10 Des Moines* IA MSA 2510 2241 10 41 218 17 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint MI CM 21697 17614 218 402 3463 252 Ann Arbor MI PMSA 4103 3567 10 81 445 32 Detroit MI PMSA 15376 12531 170 270 2405 179 Flint MI PMSA 2218 1516 38 51 613 41 Dothan* AL MSA 293 273 10 10 0 0 Dover* DE MSA 678 553 0 0 125 7 Dubuque* IA MSA 176 155 4 0 17 2 Duluth-Superior* MN-WI MSA 606 443 12 0 151 9 Eau Claire* WI MSA 641 489 56 84 12 2 El Paso* TX MSA 2812 2388 228 88 108 20 Elkhart-Goshen* IN MSA 858 779 40 39 0 0 Elmira* NY MSA 36 33 0 3 0 0 Enid* OK MSA 61 49 4 8 0 0 Erie* PA MSA 366 304 4 38 20 3 Eugene-Springfield* OR MSA 1580 919 88 41 532 50 Evansville-Henderson* IN-KY MSA 1205 1050 38 22 95 11 Fargo-Moorhead* ND-MN MSA 1023 517 4 4 498 21 Fayetteville* NC MSA 743 639 4 12 88 6 Fayetteville-Springdale- Rogers* AR MSA 1943 1447 46 51 399 41 Flagstaff* AZ-UT MSA 743 475 6 8 254 23 Florence* AL MSA 113 90 2 0 21 3 Florence* SC MSA 500 417 6 0 77 12 Fort Collins-Loveland* CO MSA 2593 1904 46 63 580 50 Fort Myers-Cape Coral* FL MSA 6760 3694 242 389 2435 161 Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie* FL MSA 2430 2166 38 18 208 11 Fort Smith* AR-OK MSA 382 330 44 8 0 0 Fort Walton Beach* FL MSA 1523 1104 10 0 409 16 Fort Wayne* IN MSA 2810 2222 10 16 562 53 Fresno CA MSA 2535 2365 102 48 20 2 Gadsden* AL MSA 56 56 0 0 0 0 Gainesville* FL MSA 2179 909 20 4 1246 75 Glens Falls* NY MSA 326 297 0 3 26 4 Goldsboro* NC MSA 336 317 16 3 0 0 Grand Forks* ND-MN MSA 124 47 10 0 67 1 Grand Junction* CO MSA 1149 1059 62 22 6 1 Grand Rapids-Muskegon- Holland MI MSA 5819 4801 108 88 822 63 Great Falls* MT MSA 126 86 0 3 37 6 Green Bay* WI MSA 1189 766 76 0 347 24 Greensboro--Winston-Salem-- High Point NC MSA 8384 6357 66 75 1886 121 Greenville* NC MSA 803 581 70 0 152 13 Greenville-Spartanburg- Anderson* SC MSA 6167 5463 144 19 541 53 Harrisburg-Lebanon- Carlisle* PA MSA 1625 1464 8 43 110 12 Hartford* CT MSA 3041 2813 14 7 207 19 Hattiesburg* MS MSA 78 60 2 0 16 3 Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir* NC MSA 1536 1451 34 8 43 5 Honolulu HI MSA 1308 1068 0 21 219 20 Houma* LA MSA 584 582 2 0 0 0 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria TX 28232 20052 84 555 7541 374 Brazoria TX PMSA 1597 1349 0 72 176 11 Galveston-Texas City TX PMS 1761 1295 0 34 432 14 Houston TX PMSA 24874 17408 84 449 6933 349 Huntington-Ashland* WV-KY- OH MSA 137 59 2 20 56 4 Huntsville* AL MSA 844 844 0 0 0 0 Indianapolis IN MSA 12263 10613 274 154 1222 89 Iowa City* IA MSA 524 398 40 22 64 5 Jackson* MI MSA 85 85 0 0 0 0 Jackson* MS MSA 3348 2047 0 8 1293 123 Jackson* TN MSA 681 637 4 0 40 6 Jacksonville FL MSA 8921 6271 40 20 2590 165 Jacksonville* NC MSA 803 534 38 39 192 8 Jamestown* NY MSA 11 11 0 0 0 0 Janesville-Beloit* WI MSA 414 237 52 23 102 15 Johnson City-Kingsport- Bristol* TN-VA MSA 1035 855 16 14 150 10 Johnstown* PA MSA 38 38 0 0 0 0 Jonesboro* AR MSA 561 244 0 19 298 17 Joplin* MO MSA 175 171 0 4 0 0 Kalamazoo-Battle Creek* MI MSA 1072 851 28 49 144 18 Kansas City MO-KS MSA 11746 8570 648 301 2227 166 Killeen-Temple* TX MSA 1161 939 90 132 0 0 Knoxville* TN MSA 2827 2411 24 75 317 26 Kokomo* IN MSA 429 279 46 0 104 13 La Crosse* WI-MN MSA 398 239 48 18 93 5 Lafayette* LA MSA 919 879 40 0 0 0 Lafayette* IN MSA 800 602 54 6 138 8 Lake Charles* LA MSA 1171 547 22 3 599 65 Lakeland-Winter Haven* FL MSA 2870 2270 24 52 524 45 Lancaster* PA MSA 1114 1043 6 11 54 8 Lansing-East Lansing* MI MSA 1307 878 24 4 401 20 Laredo* TX MSA 1096 1048 4 9 35 4 Las Cruces* NM MSA 727 565 0 20 142 10 Las Vegas NV-AZ MSA 23004 17220 46 333 5405 544 Lawrence* KS MSA 561 393 114 19 35 2 Lawton* OK MSA 110 101 4 0 5 1 Lewiston-Auburn* ME MSA 111 105 0 0 6 1 Lexington* KY MSA 3082 2504 150 93 335 33 Lima* OH MSA 50 48 2 0 0 0 Lincoln* NE MSA 1456 952 36 0 468 34 Little Rock-North Little Rock* AR MSA 2913 1873 56 156 828 65 Longview-Marshall* TX MSA 107 107 0 0 0 0 Los Angeles-Riverside- Orange County CA CMSA 37821 29684 316 591 7230 433 Los Angeles-Long Beach CA P 9672 5876 214 133 3449 189 Orange County CA PMSA 8920 6244 58 361 2257 139 Riverside-San Bernardino CA 16106 14684 14 91 1317 86 Ventura CA PMSA 3123 2880 30 6 207 19 Louisville KY-IN MSA 5652 4533 46 52 1021 84 Lubbock* TX MSA 772 596 18 0 158 15 Lynchburg* VA MSA 921 845 22 13 41 4 Macon* GA MSA 1766 1319 0 0 447 48 Madison* WI MSA 2416 1190 180 206 840 34 Mansfield* OH MSA 396 248 22 10 116 10 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission* TX MSA 4191 3590 90 236 275 37 Medford-Ashland* OR MSA 1406 1033 20 46 307 15 Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay* FL MSA 3691 2584 14 26 1067 71 Memphis TN-AR-MS MSA 7528 6154 36 36 1302 98 Merced* CA MSA 682 682 0 0 0 0 Miami-Fort Lauderdale FL CMSA 20147 11791 148 600 7608 325 Fort Lauderdale FL PMSA 9612 6569 56 140 2847 133 Miami FL PMSA 10535 5222 92 460 4761 192 Milwaukee-Racine WI CMSA 6079 3868 396 117 1698 111 Milwaukee-Waukesha WI PMSA 5301 3314 342 101 1544 92 Racine WI PMSA 778 554 54 16 154 19 Minneapolis-St. Paul MN-WI MS 17620 14264 376 393 2587 123 Missoula* MT MSA 336 227 4 27 78 5 Mobile* AL MSA 3194 2635 26 40 493 27 Modesto* CA MSA 1601 1553 12 16 20 4 Monroe* LA MSA 495 369 2 4 120 15 Montgomery* AL MSA 1302 928 18 108 248 17 Muncie* IN MSA 192 180 2 10 0 0 Myrtle Beach* SC MSA 3642 1586 20 129 1907 130 Naples* FL MSA 5678 2842 74 772 1990 142 Nashville TN MSA 10374 8562 106 80 1626 120 New London-Norwich* CT-RI MSA 721 697 2 12 10 2 New Orleans* LA MSA 3712 2642 64 32 974 25 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island NY-NJ- CT-PA CMSA 41865 26396 3452 1448 10569 468 Bergen-Passaic NJ PMSA 1789 1231 138 25 395 37 Bridgeport CT PMSA 853 725 12 8 108 4 Danbury CT PMSA 848 743 2 7 96 9 Dutchess County NY PMSA 889 745 2 12 130 12 Jersey City NJ PMSA 1861 111 132 80 1538 20 Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon 4759 4017 12 22 708 39 Monmouth-Ocean NJ PMSA 5377 5069 0 0 308 12 Nassau-Suffolk NY PMSA 4940 3869 60 39 972 80 New Haven-Meriden CT PMSA 1353 954 26 0 373 15 New York NY PMSA 11547 3100 2538 1159 4750 153 Newark NJ PMSA 4342 3023 472 65 782 66 Newburgh NY-PA PMSA 1425 1274 24 28 99 12 Stamford-Norwalk CT PMSA 642 353 34 3 252 8 Trenton NJ PMSA 805 747 0 0 58 1 Waterbury CT PMSA 435 435 0 0 0 0 Norfolk-Virginia Beach- Newport News VA-NC MSA 7015 6019 8 74 914 55 Ocala* FL MSA 2051 1951 8 22 70 2 Odessa-Midland* TX MSA 182 182 0 0 0 0 Oklahoma City* OK MSA 4909 4185 42 28 654 62 Omaha* NE-IA MSA 3602 2920 88 11 583 24 Orlando FL MSA 21894 12785 66 124 8919 560 Owensboro* KY MSA 553 359 10 92 92 8 Panama City* FL MSA 781 708 18 0 55 3 Parkersburg-Marietta* WV-OH MSA 184 169 6 4 5 1 Pensacola* FL MSA 2361 2039 150 52 120 17 Peoria-Pekin* IL MSA 950 736 56 42 116 10 Philadelphia-Wilmington- Atlantic City PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA 17593 14794 354 148 2297 210 Atlantic-Cape May NJ PMSA 1768 1397 292 8 71 10 Philadelphia PA-NJ PMSA 12953 10909 60 133 1851 163 Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton 289 227 2 3 57 8 Wilmington-Newark DE-MD PMS 2583 2261 0 4 318 29 Phoenix-Mesa AZ MSA 37892 30739 88 381 6684 572 Pine Bluff* AR MSA 142 102 28 0 12 2 Pittsburgh PA MSA 5371 3944 58 192 1177 71 Pittsfield* MA MSA 1 1 0 0 0 0 Pocatello* ID MSA 109 91 18 0 0 0 Portland* ME MSA 1000 967 26 7 0 0 Portland-Salem OR-WA CMSA 13719 9819 480 484 2936 161 Portland-Vancouver OR-WA PM 12105 8524 398 462 2721 141 Salem OR PMSA 1614 1295 82 22 215 20 Providence-Fall River- Warwick* RI-MA MSA 2481 2159 94 3 225 6 Provo-Orem* UT MSA 2500 2066 80 79 275 24 Pueblo* CO MSA 1142 900 94 52 96 6 Punta Gorda* FL MSA 1075 912 8 72 83 8 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill NC 16714 11644 62 101 4907 343 Rapid City* SD MSA 382 282 2 0 98 3 Reading* PA MSA 742 612 12 0 118 10 Redding* CA MSA 653 593 0 60 0 0 Reno* NV MSA 3399 2242 16 27 1114 65 Richland-Kennewick-Pasco* WA MSA 623 609 0 7 7 1 Richmond-Petersburg VA MSA 6312 5205 6 55 1046 99 Roanoke* VA MSA 819 678 40 19 82 6 Rochester* MN MSA 1022 628 78 75 241 9 Rochester* NY MSA 2336 1526 8 58 744 61 Rockford* IL MSA 1510 1156 46 160 148 17 Rocky Mount* NC MSA 620 432 4 0 184 12 Sacramento-Yolo CA CMSA 10755 8630 22 173 1930 166 Sacramento CA PMSA 9530 8021 16 149 1344 108 Yolo CA PMSA 1225 609 6 24 586 58 Saginaw-Bay City-Midland* MI MSA 330 270 32 3 25 5 St. Cloud* MN MSA 640 513 0 6 121 10 St. Joseph* MO MSA 217 107 30 56 24 3 St. Louis MO-IL MSA 9894 8346 382 184 982 79 Salinas* CA MSA 1490 1142 26 10 312 25 Salt Lake City-Ogden UT MSA 7458 5817 128 239 1274 83 San Angelo* TX MSA 208 208 0 0 0 0 San Antonio* TX MSA 10105 6614 62 42 3387 207 San Diego CA MSA 13479 8036 52 275 5116 320 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose CA CMSA 20689 13081 298 308 7002 302 Oakland CA PMSA 7331 5466 22 16 1827 66 San Francisco CA PMSA 3341 1335 182 137 1687 51 San Jose CA PMSA 5128 2547 28 110 2443 111 Santa Cruz-Watsonville CA P 377 248 8 6 115 11 Santa Rosa CA PMSA 2216 1765 46 39 366 30 Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa CA P 2296 1720 12 0 564 33 San Luis Obispo-Atascadero- Paso Robles* CA MSA 1295 1206 6 12 71 7 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria- Lompoc* CA MSA 517 437 18 16 46 6 Santa Fe* NM MSA 815 325 0 48 442 43 Sarasota-Bradenton* FL MSA 5197 4232 52 135 778 56 Savannah* GA MSA 1416 1227 2 23 164 19 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre-- Hazleton* PA MSA 403 363 4 25 11 2 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton WA C 22312 13326 600 317 8069 424 Bremerton WA PMSA 879 861 2 4 12 1 Olympia WA PMSA 1727 1265 68 4 390 13 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett WA 15329 7682 348 243 7056 347 Tacoma WA PMSA 4377 3518 182 66 611 63 Sharon* PA MSA 83 81 2 0 0 0 Sheboygan* WI MSA 97 53 4 0 40 5 Sherman-Denison* TX MSA 66 54 12 0 0 0 Shreveport-Bossier City* LA MSA 774 774 0 0 0 0 Sioux City* IA-NE MSA 148 119 4 0 25 5 Sioux Falls* SD MSA 1316 1046 20 4 246 11 South Bend* IN MSA 1191 764 12 4 411 9 Spokane* WA MSA 1754 1184 46 7 517 29 Springfield* IL MSA 719 514 148 35 22 3 Springfield* MO MSA 1912 1565 88 30 229 15 Springfield* MA MSA 578 535 22 21 0 0 State College* PA MSA 317 253 4 0 60 5 Steubenville-Weirton* OH-WV MSA 60 45 2 0 13 2 Stockton-Lodi* CA MSA 3119 3055 8 0 56 1 Sumter* SC MSA 218 195 18 0 5 1 Syracuse* NY MSA 600 570 10 0 20 4 Tallahassee* FL MSA 1367 950 32 9 376 26 Tampa-St. Petersburg- Clearwater FL MSA 17564 10332 222 242 6768 404 Terre Haute* IN MSA 173 173 0 0 0 0 Texarkana* TX-Texarkana AR MS 278 132 2 0 144 1 Toledo* OH MSA 1513 1130 52 54 277 18 Topeka* KS MSA 693 450 64 8 171 12 Tucson* AZ MSA 5330 4722 108 73 427 34 Tulsa* OK MSA 4027 2767 12 31 1217 78 Tuscaloosa* AL MSA 586 531 0 0 55 3 Tyler* TX MSA 316 249 0 3 64 9 Utica-Rome* NY MSA 71 71 0 0 0 0 Victoria* TX MSA 171 169 2 0 0 0 Visalia-Tulare-Porterville* CA MSA 1189 1156 12 21 0 0 Waco* TX MSA 469 346 30 20 73 2 Washington-Baltimore DC-MD-VA 38926 30200 44 47 8635 467 Baltimore MD PMSA 10385 7464 18 24 2879 206 Hagerstown MD PMSA 457 429 10 0 18 2 Washington DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA 28084 22307 16 23 5738 259 Waterloo-Cedar Falls* IA MSA 114 100 2 0 12 1 Wausau* WI MSA 344 298 34 4 8 1 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton FL 7355 4548 30 102 2675 163 Wheeling* WV-OH MSA 33 31 2 0 0 0 Wichita* KS MSA 1789 1689 100 0 0 0 Wichita Falls* TX MSA 155 155 0 0 0 0 Wilmington* NC MSA 2770 2186 28 12 544 68 Yakima* WA MSA 384 253 70 8 53 8 York* PA MSA 1197 1100 36 36 25 4 Youngstown-Warren* OH MSA 1008 828 82 50 48 8 Yuba City* CA MSA 337 195 0 16 126 15 Yuma* AZ MSA 781 665 0 19 97 11 * - Not all permit offices in metropolitan area are requested to report monthly. No estimates are made for those annual reporters.